Let me get things straight before I discuss where my problems lie with the big publishers (code for Activision, EA, and Ubisoft):Carsus Tyrell said:So creating a pointless thread about issues that are beyond petty on a forum totally unrelated to his problem is showing backbone and not complaining about pointless bullshit and purchasing games YOU don't like is "letting big publishers screw us over"?Ickorus said:If im entirely honest I was never going to get the game in the first place after how horrible Black Ops and it's PC support was.
The attitude some people have in this thread makes me sick, the man is standing up for what he believes in by not getting the game and you're acting like he's being stupid, it's called backbone, perhaps you should get one instead of laying down and letting the big publishers keep on screwing you and the rest of us over by repeatedly releasing the same shoddy, half arsed games.
How's the view from that Ivory Tower of yours? I'm afraid us plebs down here with our unrefined tastes can't quite tell. But I'm sure you have a busy day of taking each and every update and new nugget of information that you don't approve of as a personal insult and slap to the face.
We are on a forum (and a gaming forum at that, making his post not so unreated), that means that if the poster believes he has something that would be discussed then he is within his right to post it, given that we have four pages of replies to the thread then surely that means that he is right and people are talking about it.
My problem isn't about Call of Duty, it's about the attitude publishers have towards their customers, every release of a game seems to be buggy, they charge silly prices for DLC, they treat their paying customers like criminals (DRM), and it seems every year the quality of games is sliding as they try to do as little work as possible to make the maximum profit.
It's not only the customer that gets it bad either, the developers of these games get a fraction of the profits made from it and god help them if a game doesn't do well, they'll be out of the job in a flash.
Anyway, if you want the game and feel it's worth it to you personally feel free to get it, it's your money and your hobby but for me I don't think they're giving me enough for what they're asking.
Just as a final note, I admit I did go preacher in that post, I apologise for that and have edited it accordingly.